Agra, Rajasthan, Goa, Bombay...... (see Nepal and Tibet journals which came before this) So, onward to India! The Kiwi guy and I travelled as far as Gorkopa, where I was promptly introduced to the craziness that India does best. It was like a rude awakening after the peace of Lumbini and for the first and only time on the trip, I felt pretty overwhelmed by it all and sad at the madness, pollution and noise etc and found myself crying. My train was delayed (you know, by about a day!) so since a friend was waiting for me in Agra, I grabbed a car and began the long, trecherous, crazy journey by road. It was quite simply the most surreal journey of my life. 16 hours along a pot holed road, in clouds of dust and
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